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APF Coverage for Corresponding Authors from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

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Overview

JMIR Publications and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have a contractual agreement. Under this agreement, if the submitting or corresponding author of an article is affiliated with FAU, FAU's Open Access funds may be able to pay up to €1400 of the Article Processing Fee (APF), provided that the authors cannot subsidize their APF with a third-party source of funding.

Any remainder of the APF above the maximum subsidy of €1400 will be paid by the authors. The APF must not exceed €2500 net (or €3000 including 19% VAT) if the authors want to apply for financial support via the FAU fund. FAU is exempt from our standard 7% handling fee. 

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for the funding, when your article is submitted please make sure that:

  • you list either Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) or University of Erlangen–Nuremberg as the submitting or corresponding author's affiliation in the article metadata,
  • you do not refer to the university clinic in the billing address (please use the format “Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department for…”),
  • you include "requesting APF coverage under the Nuremberg-JMIR agreement," in your cover letter when submitting your article, and
  • you have applied for funding through FAU (see below).

For the detailed eligibility criteria, please see: FAU Publications Fund. Make sure you meet the eligibility criteria before you apply for funding using the FAU submission form. 

Invoice Payment

For eligible papers, FAU will pay the invoice in full and then bill the authors any remaining amount above €1400.

Split Invoices

An invoice cannot be split between the author and the library or any other parties. However, the FAU-JMIR agreement will ensure that your invoice can be rendered eligible with regards to FAU’s invoice cap.

Invoice Cap

FAU has a cap on APFs of €2500 net (€3000 including 19% VAT) applying to its FAU Open Access fund. If the invoice total exceeds this amount, it is not eligible for funding via the FAU Open Access fund.

If your article has been accepted or is likely to be accepted in a journal with an APF exceeding this amount and you would like to apply for funding via the FAU Open Access fund, JMIR will consider requests for one-time APF reductions; please contact support@jmir.org.

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